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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (March 25, 1947)
4 Th i"lMlnmn. Salnu Oregon Tuaadur. March IS. 1M7 sfc (dfttfiotiQ&f atesmau ".No Fatw Sways Us, No Fear Shall Awt" ! Fretu first SUUinuA. March 2S. 131 THE STATESMAN PUBLISHING COMPANY CHARLES A. SPRAGUE. Editor and Publisher Member f the Associated Press The Asaeelated Press Is exclusively entitled U Um bs far nnblieaoen C sll news eUspaU-Ses credited U It er Ml therwlss credited la this newspaper. . Greece and High Policy Some factors indicate that Greece Is merely incidental to high politics in our international affairs. It is reported for in stance that the situation in Greece has been known for some time. There is report, not authenticated, that some months back the United States was informed that the British would have to suspend their assistance. The bristling speech of President Truman was aimed not only at Greece but over the head of Greece at Russia. In short, the United States was adopting a 'get tougher"' line toward Russia. The timing of the president's address-to congress just as the Moscow conference was getting under way was not a miss, and not just accidental coincidence. The line was approved before Secretary Marshall left for Rus sia. The Truman address thus may have been designed not only to assist Greece and inform the world of our new line of policy, but to support Secretary Marshall in his assignment at Moscow. Conditions in Greece had been studied last year by a special mission which reported to the Food and Agriculture Organiza tion at its Copenhagen conference last September. Thomas L. Stokes, in his newspaper column of Sunday, quoted from that survey as foLlows: "It is recommended: "(a) That the Greek government should request the economic and so-.iJ council of the United Nations to arrange with interested speci;;?ed agencies to establish a United Nations advisory mission to Gieete, to operate during the initial years of the development proKirr. "ib) That the proposed United Nations advisory mission should rer'ace all other international and foreign economic mission;- in Gieece." The proposed advisory commission would consolidate other special apencies of UN in this field, and would have worked out through the Greek government and the UN a plan of relief and rehabilitation. Though the report was prepared in September and apprced by FAO in November nothing was done to imple ment it. And now Greece becomes the focal point of interna tional ciis.is. The long-time weakness of the Truman plan seems to lie in its ignoring of the United Nations and of international co operation. The answer has already been made by officialdom, namely that UN is unprepared and that positive action might fail under a veto. Perhaps: but the veto would then have released the USA to an independent course of action. President Truman has -recommended a program. It is by no means clear that it was the only program, or that, save in extremity, the wise program. Posed as it is however it becomes link-d with high politics and its rejection by the congress be comes exceedingly difficult. Courthouse Site SB 354 which has disturbed the county court, is a good example of how easy it is for legislation to pass before interested people wake up to the fact a bill on the subject has been intro duced. It certainly puts the laugh on Salem that this bill should get to the governor before anyur.e in Salem became aroused. The exact origin of the bill is obscure; and its purpose may not bf sinister, but the county court and others here are afraid i' purpose or at least its possible effect would be to grease the skids for moving the courthouse to a new site. Some persons have urijed that the county sell at least half the courthouse block, but any such suggestion meets with over whelming opposition of those who want the full block retained for the courthouse as part of Salem's civic center. The only suggestion of change that has much support is to combine the city hl with the courthouse and there are numerous ob stacle in that path This bt.l provides mechanics for shifting the location of any cotiMhcuse. It provides for a 30-day notice duly published of a public hearing, when petitions for changing the' site (within the county seat) may be considered. If any petition comes in signed by ten per cent of the voters then the question must b- sut mitted to the voters. The real joker is in this provision, that if no petitions come in asking for a change in the site then the county court "shall be authorized, in its discretion, to change such -itt." By this language the county court may change the location of ire courthouse on its own motion UNLESS a petition pomes in tailing for a change in the site. 'That certainly is screwball legislation. We hr.ve no fears about the future .location of the Marion county couithouse. The county court cannot sell the block be cause1 it was originally dedicated as a Public Square: and for tunately there is no disposition on the part of the court to shift the site. But this bill should either be recalled and revised (or killed) or vetoed by the governor. Otherwise it is possible that some county may wake up some morning and find its ccturt house moved ten blocks away, more or less. Another Headache? The ii.; r.g of Circuit Judge George R. Duncan appears to endanper the whole tithing program of the state. He has held that the diversion of ten per cent of the receipts of the forest patrol tax to the general fund and the ten per cent penalty are unconstitutional. For years the state has levied what is called a tithir.g charge against many self-sustaining state agen cies and transferred the money to the state general fund. The anticipated revenues for next biennium from this source are $281,000. The Question naturally arises that if tithing the forest patrol tax is unconstitutional because it diverts a tax from a special t a general purpose tithing the other funds may like wise be unconstitutional, which would result in further unbalanc ing of the state budget. Spoftsmen of the sate have long been critical of tithing receipts from sale of hunting and fishing licenses and may welcome a chance to put it to a court test. Tithing originated during the Meier administration when the state was hard pressed for funds. The theory- used to justify th- charge was-1 that the state furnished services, legal and other, whkh deserved compensation from the self-sustaining boards. The supreme court has yet to pass on the case, and it may be assumed the state will appeal Judge Duncan's ruling. Union Defeat at West Allis The ending of the 327-day strike of CIO workers at the Allis-Cholmers plan at West Allis, Wise., came by surrender of the union. This has been rare in late controversies. Usually the union wins because the employer will not stand the punish ment of a prolonged strike. The Allis-Chalmers management was far toucher than usual. While the union was reputedly communist-inspired, the management certainly was plenty hard-boiled in its attitude. The strike became a battle to the death, and the union finally capitulated. The strike was a sad exhibition on both sides, and a costly one for both. There appears to have been plenty of unreason ableness on both sides of the dispute. The union was led by extremists and so was the company. Our country' wiU not pro gress toward sane industrial relations under that kind of lead-ship. Judging by reports from Sacramento and Olympia the oil companies have been equally nimble in heading off gas tax in creases nd in inching up prices ai petroleum products. It makes a difference where the increase goes. Plane Crash Takes Life of John Creech (Picture on page 1) Confirmation of the news first received through an Associated Press dispatch from Cairo of the death of Lt. John W. Creech in an airplane crash in Ethiopia came from the war department Monday to his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Creech. 180 S. 14th st Sunday, a verification was ob tained by Chandler Brown who called Congressman Walter Nor blad in Washington and the latter made inquiries of the war depart ment. Details of the accident have not been received, and funeral plans await word of the arrival of the body in this country. The family is widely known in Salem, the father having operated a drug store at 1Z20 itate street for many years and Mrs. Creech being head of the home economics department at Salem high school. The news brought many expres sions of sympathy as friends re called the death in 1933 of fhelr only other child, a daughter, Ju lia, who became ill while a stu dent at the University of Oregon. John W. Creech was born Jan. 31, 1909, in Shepherd. Mich. The family removed to Salem in 1919 and John completed his course in elementary and high sc,hool here. At the University of Oregon he was affiliated with Sigma Nu fra ternity and distinguished himself in athletics, particularly tennis and swimming. His field of study was English,, and he continued his interest in literature after he re turned home and joined his father in the drug store. Creech entered military service July 15. 1942. He was first as signed to medical detachment withski troops at Camp Carson. Colo" but soon was sent to Ft. Benning for officers' training. He received his -ommission within three days of the minimum time required after entering the serv ice. In the summer of 1943 he took part in army maneuvers in Tennesee, then was assigned to Ft. Ontario. N Y. After brief service with an armored division at Ft. Dix he was sent to Ft. Benning again for training as a para trooper. After completing his training he served as an instruc tor and made over 100 success ful drops, an unusual number. In August. 1945. Creech, then a ' captain, came home on terminal leave, but was called back to Washington and reentered service as lieutenant with airborne troops. For many months he had been on secret detail, traveling I principally by air out of Cairo and i Teheran over the middle east. It is assumed he was returning from ' the latter city when ne met with his fatal accident. The Safety Valve LETTERS FKOBf STATESMAN READERS OFFERS REMEDIES FOR DRINKING EVILS To the Editor: The records show staggering evidence that intoxicating liquor is all too often the dominant fac tor in crime When booze sup plants reason and self control any thing may follow. The tiger sup plants the man. With most close observers this conclusion is grant ed. But. may we ask, wherein lies the responsibility? The foggy minded, blear-eyed drunk has a major responsibility, to be sure, but he is not alone. In the back ground is the money-crazed pluto crat who turns out "samples" of his ghastly business, and the citi zenry permitting the traffic must in turn pay the cost of crime re sulting from intoxication. Blight ed homes and blighted lives pro claim spent values which are be yond reckoning. A few remedies are suggested. 1 Federal and state laws com pelling those who manufacture in toxicating liquor to pay the mone tary cost resulting from intoxica tion. 2 Do not fine a drunken driv er. Sentence the drunk to hard labor in a rock quarry from 30 to 90 days, and in addition re quire that he pay for his own keep. No suspended sentence per mitted by law. 3 A public revolt against mov ing pictures in which drinking has a place. The mind particularly that of youth is irreparably dam aged by the suggestion that drink ing is "just the thing" as an es cape from any undesirable situa tion. 4 We citizens of Oregon must cease insulting our aged depen dents by handing them '"tainted money" from profits of our liquor corporation. This is OUR COR PORATION, and also our respon sibility, and aren't we proud of the dividends, notices of which reach us d?i!y through the press and over the air! The voice of history brooks no disoute moral decay foretells the end. WILLARD ALFRED ELK INS, Rt. 2, Box 25F. Salem. Ore. OH! CONSISTENCY! ' To the Editor: After raising salaries in the higher brackets. It is now propos ed to cut old age assistance 10. and that in the face of rising costs , for living. Thousands of dollars per year isn t sufficient, but 44 per month is unnecessarily high! If this vicious plan is really adopt ed, the lawmakers are in for some very unpleasant reactions through out the state, that is certain. SAM J. HARMS 379 N. Cottage CHI CO MARX TO KETUC LAS VEGAS, New .March 24 -fP-Comedian Chico Marx, who last Saturday observed his 56th birthday anniversary, disclosed tonight he had suffered a heart i attack and that he planned to re ' tire from show business. GRIN AND BEAR "Maybe It's just aas well we can't sa aaaney. Elwyn We'd likely arouse the suspicions f the Ibmm tax neea-le. the Antl-Trost Divi sion, and the t' a-America Committee!" fBest of Show' Honors Go to Boston Terrier at 10th Annual Salem Lions' Club Classic By Robert E. Gancware City Editor. The Statesman A trim Boston terrier from Olympia, Wash., Long's Brat's Witch, captured "best of show" honors Sunday night as the 10th annual Salem Lions club all-breed dog show closed in the grandstand build ing of the state fairgrounds. Breaking past records for attendance and entries, the local show presented some 450 dogs of nearly every breed for two full days of exhibit and judging. Attend- ance totaled 2,723. nearly 500 more than last year when the show all but overflowed the Salem armory. Nine dogs of Salem and the mid-valley area were among the scores of ribbon winners from five western states and Canada. A Sa lem boy, Don Ringland. 16-year-old son of the D. L. Ringlands of the Ferry street pet shop, won the grand trophy for children's handling of dogs. He showed the family's 2 'i -year-old bulldog Zor ro . Torro Onda. Ribbons to Valley Folk Several ribbons went to nine of the 29 mid-valley exhibitors, but only group honor among them went to J. H. Willett. 865 King wood dr., for third place among all sporting dogs, awarded for his black cocker spaniel. Seven Gab les Story Cloud. Willett s parti colored cocker spaniel Man of Business won a best of winners ribbon in its variety. Other ribbon winners of the area and their hi chest award! were: Eng lish pringer spaniel. Kesterson's Tom hv winner bttc-h entered bv Cerrv Keliev. 1835 N. 22nd t ; schipperke Jeune Fille Voir d Franswold. beT of opposite ex. entered by Diane Put nam. 2405 S. Cottage at.: ponwnnan. Adorable Miss of Halecrest. best of opposite sex. entered by Mrs. D. L Ringland. 463 Terry at.: pointer. North west Nameaake. boat of winners, en tered bv Albert T Wilson. Lebanon English setter. WiUonian Mallhawk Betty, best of opposite sex. also en tered by Wilson: Chesapeake Bay re triever. Oregon's Pride Red. best of opposite sex. entered by Fred E. Chase. Albany. Great Pyrenee. Louis XIV. winneii dog. entered by Mrs. Ethel Dybedal. Newberg For the show's grand winner, Mrs. Walter D. Long of route 2. Olympia, Wash., received from Gov. Earl Snell a three-foot gold trophy sponsored by Jack and Lil lian Putnam of Salem. Exhibits Own Dog Mrs. Long was the only owner to exhibit her own dog in the final eliminations from the six group winners, the others being exhibited by professional dog handlers. Her dog, a 17 -months-old female Boston terrier, repre sented the non-sporting dog group. The other five group winners were: Sporting Knightscroft Dollymount Dan, an Irish setter of Dollymount kennels, Tacoma; hounds Antonia of Gipsy Barn, long-haired dachshund, owned by Mrs. Charlotte Sibley. San Fran cisco; working Kilburn Aven ger, doberman pinscher, E. D. T. Jones. Portland; terriers Black -briar Blair, Scottish terrier. Black briar kennels. Seattle; toys H'in Sans Tinker T01. Fekingese. r lor- Clarke. Vancouver. B. C. ence Group winner trophies were pre sented by Mrs. Earl Snell. Of these finalists, both the dob erman and the dachshund had been exhibited in group elimina tions by Nicky Finn, San Francisco professional handler who also ex hibited the second place dogs in the toy and non-sporting group eliminations (showing' a minia- ture pinscher and a chow chow). German Shepherds Win In a special class, the winning brace, a pair of closely matched German shettierds, was exhibited by A. R. McKay, Maplewood, Ore., kennels-man. Children group winners other than Ringland who also was grand children's winner, were Jane Mc Neff. 6, Portland, who showed a Shetland sheep dog; Richard Sales, 9, Bozeman, Mont., a tan cocker spaniel, and Carol Warburton, 12 Seattle, a Scottish terrier. All dog judging was done by William L. Kendrick. Philadelphia dog expert. Mrs. George Hutton, Vancouver, Wash., judged the children's events. H. M. Powell, Garden Home, was show super intendent. J. H. Willett was chair man of local arrangements for Sa lem Lions club which sponsored the show in conjunction with the Dog Fanciers Association of Ore gon. Tap Winners Listed Top winners in each breed or variety of breed, in addition to those listed above, were: SPORTING DOGS Pointer Northwest Drum Major. Gilbert F. Manns. Portland: Gern.an short-haired pointer McC ill's Mi' away. Harry McGlU. Seattle; Chesa- IT By Lichty J peake Bay retriever Melando Miaa Muggins. Wilson B. Loomu. Osweiro: golden retriever Gunner-man s Air Pilot. Charles E. Couch. Portland; Labrador retriever Askarben Oka nogan Duke. F. O. Sarber. Milwaukie: English setter Mallwynd Air Man. J J Beatty. Walla Walla: Brittany spaniel Shirley K. Everett H Brown ing. Portland, solid-color rocker spa lei Storkdale Red Raider. Flo-Bob Kennels. Portland parti-color rock spaniel Cha Rn Bright Cloud , Ralph W Brown. Eureka. Calif : Enc- nrh Dr springer spaniel New Patches c c; Sabm Portland HOUNDS Afghj 'ghan rive Mile of Smiech Dia mond. Mrs Lillian Miller. Seattle: hasenji Bandundu. Flank R Cor such San Lrandro Calif : beagle un der 13 inches CT.arijos Ace R D Swartzlander Dexter beagle 13-15 inches CTiariJos Sea Bee. R D Swartzlander . borzois Prince Igor of Romanoff. Beverly Tragi io Port land, smooth dachshund Oscar of Kler Ridge. Albert H Kler. Portland WORKING DOGS Boxer t'dandie of Sirrah Crest Valleylee Kennels. Auburn Wash col ' Olympic Orella. Mis Lillian Miller. Seattle. German shepherd Black Forest' Katje. Mr L Zing ler. Everett Wash . St Bernard Apollo Alpine Plateau. Alphine Plat eau kennels. Portland Great Dane Faccarl s Brendo. Dollymount kennels ! Tacoina Great Pyrenees Rriim Mrs R K Evans Beaverton: Shetland sheepdog Chief Geronimo. Geron Imo kehneU. San Geronimo. Caltf.: Siberian huskies Fields Camas of Idaho. Lowell Fields Gooding Ida TERRIERS Airedale Cooch Victory Boy John Gooch Seattle, bull ( white I Mont villa -Try m V P Reynolds. Port land: Cairn Minhla of Melita. Ethyl Cirmody, Spokane: fox I wire) Ro many Striking Victory. Romany Ken nels. Oswego: Ii :sh Ennutymon Cricket. Helen Althaus Troutdale Kerry blue Kerry Kees Top Water A. M Carney. Seattle, schnaurer Judy Von Ti"o. Dorothy Redfield Mkk elsen. Portland: Welsh Sir La net air of Heatherrrest. W. G. Johnson Eu gene. TOYS Chihuahua Cocoa Souvenir. Mar ry Mayer. Portland: English toy span tel Tanya of Jekada II Mri Arlie Harvey. Portland: pinsrher C B Mayo. Vallejo Calif: pomeraman -Moneybox Token. Mrs. John F Smith. Medford: toy Manchester terrier Blue Mountain Lancaster. Beverlv Traglio. Portland NON-SPORTING Schipperkea Roi Souriante de Franswold. Dr. Mark Skiff, jr Port land keeshonden Twin Fir's Sin ok -ey. Agnes Heyser. Oswego: French bulldog Graeverne Antoine. Mrs Ethel M Tge. Eugene Dalmation Luiu of Zane Ruth Zane. Pittsburg. Calif : chow chow Yangtze's Ming T.e Louise McGee. San Francntoo; bulldog Roger's Gentleman Jack Caernarvon kennels. LaCenter. Wash FILM WINNERS LISTED HOLLYWOOD. March 24 Maureen O'Sullivan. the lovely Irish colleen who has combined mothering four children with movie-making, and J. Carrol Naish. once a choir Knv in 5t Patrick'. 1 ; cathedral. New York, were named winners today of the annual St. Patrick's day awards of the Cath olic film and radio review. The modern word "curfew" de- l "curfew de- rives from couvre-feu (cover r. 1 . t m r : -i -i 1 iicr, m iciiii uctj in 1 1 ir miuuie Ages for the bell signalling the time when peasants were requir- ' ed to cover their fires JHV Tirtnt ruMU m 1 at 1 1 1- i r THE polished surfaces of these hard aofthera granites stay dean always, because moisture froea the air or fimaail cannot penetrate them. Many new designs from which to choose. We are proud of our values and want you to see them. BLAESTNG GRANITE COMPANY HERMAN N. JOHNSTON, Manager At Entrance U City View Cemetery - Teienbane ttit SeUct at Cetrry Li m 933-JTJS (Continued from Page 1) in the great Columbia river and the boats which have served its communities. He made the trip upstream on the Georgie Burton, and doubtless will do much to see that its museum is furnished with authentic relics of the age of the river steamboats. Times have changed. The old fashioned river steamer is itself almost a relic now. In its place have come the power tugboat and the barge. Diesel-driven tugs tow or push strings of barges up and down the river, the barges loaded with petroleum or geneial cargo upstream and with wheat down. They carry a large tonnage and operate at low cost. While they revive the commerce of the Co lumbia they do not restore the ro mance of the old river boat. That the Georgie Burton will seek to save in its final anchorage at The Dalles. Stock Declines In Slow Market NEW YORK. March 24.-P) Stocks, with scattered exceptions, returned to the losing side in to day's market although pressure was lacking throughout and deal ings the slowest in more than eight months Sleepy tendencies were dis played by the ticker tape from the start Slight irregularity ruled until midday.. Trends then began to slip and many pivotal closed at or around the lows of the day with declines of fractions to better than 2 points. Refusal of the list, as a whole, to re.pond to more favorable brand of labor news inspired a certain amount of professional selling. Settlement of the wage dispute in the rubber industry aided some tire stocks although most faded to follow through. Ending of the lengthy Allis-Chdlmers strike buoyed this issue but was ignored generally. Mist nis'nmts c ;m ued to hold aloof because of doubts regarding taxes, business and foreign affairs. Corn, Barley Demand Hinh CHICAGO. March 24-(P-There was not enough corn and barley at the board of trade to meet the demand, and corn advanced the daily limit of 8 cents at the cloe Barley was up the 10 cents limit for that grain half way through the session, and wheat just missed the 10 cent daily limit advance with a day's increase of nine and five-eighths cents. The board of trade reported that the visible supply of wheat has decreased 1.989.000 bushels the past week to a total of 29.134. 000 bushels. While corn increased 122.000 bushels to a total of 36,207.000 bushels traders said the demand far exceeded the supply and wheat closed 2 cents to 91 cents higher than Saturday's fin ish. May $268'--4 Corn was 2 to 8 cents higher. May $1 78Si Oats were 4 to 3S higher. May 884-V Barley was 10 cents higher. May $1 59 A shortage of box cars is re ported from the surplus wheat and corn states, which is said to be holding down arrival at terminals Corn bookings were placed at around 250,000 bushels. City Requested To Note A rin v 'Day' All Week Salem will observe Army day, April 7, along with the rest of the nation, according to Mayor R L, El faJrom's proclamation Monday. Citing the gratitude of the city to the men who served in the armed forces during the war and to those who are now serving in the peace armies. Mayor Elf-.trom designated April 7 to 12 as "Army Day' week. Mayor Elfstrom asked all per sons of Salem to cooperate by displaying the American flag from homes and buildings throughout the city from sunrise until sunset each day from April 7 to and 111- 1 clud'ng APril 12 home remedy for relieving miseries of J I a children's colds. visas Hmovi mmd m Family Sfomt 1 '7Vit 1.1 J.?.arfli i'L -L J'.tf-gjwf T:L.i3W fifes HighwayTree Strip Decided By Commission (Story also on page 1.) PORTLAND. March 34 -(JP)f Purchase of land which will give 1 14 miles of Three Flags highway) south of Ukiah, Ore., a border ofi pine trees was approved by the state highway commission today. The 80-acre tract, completing ; a pine wayside, was bought from ' G. E. Carries, Pilot Rock, at $10 1 an acre. The paiks superintend--ent recommendation to purchase' 44 acres south of Depoe Bay for j a wayside was held for further study and a McKenzie highway j wayside proposed by Springfield chamber of commerce was re jected, i The commission authorized the Seventh Day Adventist and the i .Christian church to rent Silver Creek Falls park for short per-' iods this summer at a charge of 15 cents a day per person. 1 Bids were awarded as follows: ' , Clackamas. Hood River and Wasco counties Mt. Hood and fata-Sway Lnhricaiion CAR WASHING TIRES BATTERY SERVICE STEAM CLEANING WHEEL BALANCING Best la Accessories f PC MOBILE iaCsO STATION Hlchlaad A venae and Portia ad Road Opposite Fairgrouads Phoae M7 TTD Might for Spring From STEVENS Terms 339 Court Slree! Near Commercial W CAILDFOQnilA Enjoy safety IN JrsMT ffttfo ft sah ruieisci $11.50 Lit JMCELES $17.90 niafcl tm u... r-r t Wapalnitia highways awarded to J. N. and M. J. Conley, Portland, $42,973. Coos county Cap Arago secondary highway. Coos Bar Dredging company. Coos Bay. $18,991. Lincoln county Painting Ya quina Bay bridge on Oregon Coast highway at Newport, awarded to Pacific Bridge Paint ing company, San Francisco, $14, 148. Sherman county Bridge over Buck Hollow rreek on Sherars Bridge secondary highway, J. P. Brittan and company, Portland, $37,320. 15-YEAR SENTENCE GIVEN PORTLAND, March 24.-(4V Circuit Judge James W. Crawford today sentenced John D. Palmer, 26. to 15 years in the state peni tentiary, following his conviction on a charge of manslaughter for the slaying of Mrs. Jodie Redman, 33, at Yanport. He also was fiiusi $1000. For Fashions That Flatter Your Homo Messanlae 'floor 348 Court SL ideas! (.qunitely wrought diamond duett of 14k gold. Matched settings. t'ontume Jewelry Silverware Witche Re sure and follow the C'herrians Hlossom Day Route Sunday, Match 0th. speed, comfort and at bargain farts raias .in yon. Ten ea rmA. wnts, fUy arsis, t 0-1? Ax rat: C A. Larao 4408 tm sam aaum aa